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metalic trend

A fundraiser for the Met Museum’s Costume Institute, the Met Gala is an annual antidote to safe and staid red carpet glamour. Forget fishtail dresses, this is a chance for edgy looks. The event tied in with the Costume Institute’s latest exhibition, Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology and the attendees took their inspiration from the show. Overwhelmingly, technology meant metallics and the fashion on display showed just how versatile the trend is. It brings to mind both the past and the future. Indeed, for all the talk of an “age of technology,” there was a surprisingly retro feel to the evening, harking back to 20th century ideas of what the future would look like. Kim Kardashian in Balmain. Jourdan Dunn in Balmain. Kim Kardashian and Jourdan Dunn, both in Balmain, channeled Maria, the robot from 1920s sci-fi classic Metropolis , while Zayn Malik added some superhero-style bionic arms to his Versace suit. These looks represented the industrial, function...